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Capturing from an SDI card
If you have a supported SDI card, you can use the card to capture video and print to tape from the timeline.
The following procedure will guide you through the process of capturing clips from an SDI card.
Before you begin capturing video, use the Capture Preferences dialog to configure your SDI card. For more information, see Capture
Preferences on page 57.
Capturing a single clip or entire tape
1. Use the transport controls below the Video Preview window to cue your video.
2. If you want to encode your video during capture, you can choose a setting from the Encoding drop-down list. Depending on
your input format, the available encoding formats are as follows:
3. The Capture folder box displays the path to the folder where your video will be saved. You can click the Browse button to
choose a different folder.
4. Click the Start Capture button ( ) to start capturing.
5. Click the Stop button ( ) or press Esc to end the capture procedure.
Your clip is saved to the folder specified in the Capture folder box and is also added to the Project Media list, from which you
can add it to the timeline.
If you’ve configured your capture device to capture multiple channels of audio, the audio will be added across tracks when you
add the clip to the timeline. You can open the clips in the Trimmer window to choose which channels you want to use.
Important:
• Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme/Intensity Pro/HD Extreme 3D and AJA Io Express, KONA 3X, LH, LHe, LHi, LS, and LSe
cards are supported. Please note that AJA XENA cards are now branded as KONA cards. For more information, please see the AJA
Web site at
http://www.aja.com/products/kona/transition.php.
• HDMI capture is supported on the Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme/Intensity Pro/HD Extreme 3D, AJA Io Express, and AJA
KONA LHi cards.
• Vegas Pro does not support analog video inputs for SDI cards. However, Vegas Pro does support component video output for
external preview.
• For the latest information about supported hardware, please see our Web site at
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/io#sdi.
Tip: Connect your deck and power it on before starting Vegas Pro software.
Input Encoding
HDV MPEG-2 Transport Stream
SD SDI 8-bit YUV AVI
IMX MXF
HD SDI 8-bit YUV AVI
HD 422 MXF
10-bit SDI 10-bit YUV AVI